Treating Journalism As Consumer Fraud, Trump Claims Coverage of a Presidential Poll Was Not “News Reporting”

Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“The president’s lawyers also conflate fraud with defamation, misconstrue the commercial speech doctrine, and assert that false speech is not constitutionally protected.” (04/21/25)

https://reason.com/2025/04/21/treating-journalism-as-consumer-fraud-trump-claims-coverage-of-a-presidential-poll-was-not-news-reporting/